Collapsible receptacle



yawn 15,1927.

J. B. CURRAN- OLLAPSIBLE RECEPTACLE Filed Jag. 25. 1924 ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 15:, 1927.

STATES PATENT FFICE;

JOHN B. ounnAn or wns'rrrnnn, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB; BY MEsivn Assren.

' 'MENTS, "ro THE FULLER BRUSH ooMrANY,

rone rron or oonuno'rrou'r.

COLLAPSIBLE REQIEPTACLE.

Appl ication fileil January 25, 1924. Serial No. 683,442.

-My invention relates more especially to the class of receptacles usually supported in elevated positions for the purpose of obtaining gravity flow of' the contents, as

water, for, various uses, as for bath purposes, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provlde a device of th1s class that is usually constructed of flexible ma- Figure 2 is a detail view, scale enlarged,

' in vertical central section through my 1mproved receptacle. a

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the receptacle.

In order to provide for a flow of-water,

as for bath or other purposes, especially in rural districts where supplies of running water in houses are deficient, it has heretofore been proposed to use a receptacle or bucket that may be placed in an elevated position to cause gravity flow of water therefrom, as through a tube that may be secured to a stop-cock in the bottom of the receptacle or bucket. In order to provide for ready storage of such receptacle, it has been constructed of canvas or slmilar flexible material attached to a frame, usually of metal,

provided with means to permit'the receptacle to be collapsed. The bottoms of such receptacles have been composed of the same material, as canvas, as that forming the body of the receptacle, and the stop-cocks for controlling flow of water from the receptacle have been secured to such bottoms, but a disadvantage has been'found to'exist in such structures from the fact that the stop-cock being supported by the bottom of flexible material is very unstable as a support, and dificulty has, therefore, been encountered in an effort to turn the valve of the stop-cock, and especially when such valve is somewhat tight, as the flexible bottom will not only give in a vertical direction, thereby permittingthe stop-cock to move away from the will be prevented,

handofj the operator and'thereby lessen the efflciency of'the'force applied to the thumb or" HARTFORD, ooivr'vnorrou'r, A com,

piece of the. stop-cock, but a turning move-' 7 ment of the stop-cock is also permitted which lessens the force applied to the thumb piece of the valve, and this is especially true when the valve is somewhat tight, asis usually the I case in order toprevent leaking.

herein, is constructed with a view to eliminate the disadvantages hereinabove set out by providing a rigid-support for the stopcock, in the drawings herein the numeral 5 indicating the receptacle, composed of canvas or other flexible material, and having a bottom 6 composedof the same material;

A flange 7 extends around the-bottom edge My invention, illustrated and described of the receptacle and a stiflening ring 8, I as of metal, is commonly employed at the a bottom, as well as the top, for stiffening the bottom and topedges, such ring usually bemg located in a pocket or loop in the top and bottom edges of the receptacle. A stopcock 9, having a thumb piece 10 secured in any ordinary manner to a valve located within the body of the stop-cock'is attached to the bottom 6. r

In order to provide for the rigid mounting of the stop-cock, I provide a support 11 that preferably comprisesa strip of rigid material, as metal, that extends across the bottom of the receptacle from one side to the opposite side thereof, this bandbeing secured in place in any suitable manner, as

by means of angularly disposed ends 12.

that are secured, as by riveting or otherwise,to the stiffening ring 8. An opening is formed in'this support and the. end of the stop-cock is projected through this opening and is secured to the support as by means of a nut 13 fitting the screw threaded end of the stop-cock inside the receptacle and tightly clamping the bottom 6 and sup- 7 I port 11 between the nut and a' shoulder 14 on the stop-cock, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

This band provides a rigid support for the stop-cock and enables the latter to resist the forces necessary to turn the thumb piece of the valve, and the latter may, therefore, be

readily manipulated, and any undue move' ment ofthe stop-cock that would tend to i of the valve 7 obstruct free turning movement In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the device which I now consider to represent the-best embodiment thereof; but

I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative, and that the invention maybe carried out by other means and applied to other'uses than those above set out.

I claim 1-. "Ameoeptaole having; a-. bottom. composed of flexible material, a: stop-cock securedi to 2. A receptacle:havinga'bottom composed of flexible material, with a flange surrounding said bottom, a stiffening ring comprised in said flange, a support extending across the bottom and secured at its opposite ends to I said ring, and a stop-cock secured to bottom and" to said support.

8. A receptacle having a bottom composed of, flexible material and including a flange extending around the bottom, a stiffening ring of rigid.materialsecured to said flange,

a support extending across the bottom and having angularly formed-ends secured to said'flange on (opposite sides of. theubot-tom, and a stop-cock secured to saidl bottom for outflow-of liquid from the receptacle, said .stopt-cocki being rigidly-secured to saidsu-p portal JOHN; B. ,GURRAN; 

